The object for over a year has been to get the video capability up to a level that gives as much creative strength to do what I am trying to do. A large part of that was revealed in the "Three-Way" video as you can see immediately the effect on the potential for story-telling.
To escalate it various things are required:
iMac - $2200 - This gives the compute power to get video work done and the need is because that kind of work fries this wimpy laptop. Simple tasks take hours, etc, etc. A secondary drawback but also a significant one is that the screen is so small that I can't make much detail until I'm about 14" from it.
External Thunderbolt storage (i.e. disk) - $400 - New Macs don't support Firewire and even an optical drive is an option rather than standard equipment. The existing drive can be used with a converter but that type of access is dog slow and is thus useless for video work.
Additional Canon camera - $900 - This is a slightly newer model of the one in use here now as that Canon HF-G10 is no longer in production. The cost of the newer one is actually less than the original.
Camera alternative: get another Sony Action Cam for $200. This is not a trivial alternative as the video quality is good even if the light-gathering capability is not as strong as the Canon. Light-gathering capability is very important but the $700 differential between this and the Canon can buy a lot of candles.
The total is not that high so round up to $5000 to make this happen. The additional is to account for improving the look of the room, get additional lighting (if necessary), etc. For various reasons, there is no way to shoot elsewhere in the house.
So the big question is how to get the scratch and that comes back to a previous thought of putting it out on GoFundMe. That has a problem as who would even see it. There's no way to know and it costs nothing to try it so why not.
(Ed: because it's humiliating)
Exactly.
As to why do this to shoot more elaborate versions of what I have been trying to do already, it's more than that. The next operation after that, when some people are back here to help, is to set up the kit on the porch and play a set with lasers and lights out there, filming the whole thing.
(Ed: I thought you were falling apart)
I am. This is a foot race. You can talk about raging against the night or you can live it. I'll go with living it. That doesn't mean I want to make angry music and, except in one case, I don't believe I ever did. It might be cool to try it, tho.
The one angry time was doing a metal version of "Silent Night" but that was just plain evil and I threw it out years ago.
To escalate it various things are required:
iMac - $2200 - This gives the compute power to get video work done and the need is because that kind of work fries this wimpy laptop. Simple tasks take hours, etc, etc. A secondary drawback but also a significant one is that the screen is so small that I can't make much detail until I'm about 14" from it.
External Thunderbolt storage (i.e. disk) - $400 - New Macs don't support Firewire and even an optical drive is an option rather than standard equipment. The existing drive can be used with a converter but that type of access is dog slow and is thus useless for video work.
Additional Canon camera - $900 - This is a slightly newer model of the one in use here now as that Canon HF-G10 is no longer in production. The cost of the newer one is actually less than the original.
Camera alternative: get another Sony Action Cam for $200. This is not a trivial alternative as the video quality is good even if the light-gathering capability is not as strong as the Canon. Light-gathering capability is very important but the $700 differential between this and the Canon can buy a lot of candles.
The total is not that high so round up to $5000 to make this happen. The additional is to account for improving the look of the room, get additional lighting (if necessary), etc. For various reasons, there is no way to shoot elsewhere in the house.
So the big question is how to get the scratch and that comes back to a previous thought of putting it out on GoFundMe. That has a problem as who would even see it. There's no way to know and it costs nothing to try it so why not.
(Ed: because it's humiliating)
Exactly.
As to why do this to shoot more elaborate versions of what I have been trying to do already, it's more than that. The next operation after that, when some people are back here to help, is to set up the kit on the porch and play a set with lasers and lights out there, filming the whole thing.
(Ed: I thought you were falling apart)
I am. This is a foot race. You can talk about raging against the night or you can live it. I'll go with living it. That doesn't mean I want to make angry music and, except in one case, I don't believe I ever did. It might be cool to try it, tho.
The one angry time was doing a metal version of "Silent Night" but that was just plain evil and I threw it out years ago.
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